A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Gallatin$980/mo

Typical home $168K (Census) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $888/mo · Housing →

Winfield$700/mo

Typical home $115K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $825/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Gallatin and Winfield.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

GallatinWinfield

Snow a year0″2″

January low—34°F

July high—94°F

Growing season (days)—245d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 27th

Outdoors & history

GallatinWinfield

Famous people born here1 —

Community

GallatinWinfield

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

88 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GallatinTX WinfieldTX

Gallatin ↔ Winfield88 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

GallatinWinfield

People

Population 384Lowest 450Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -19.5% TX: +15.9%

Median age 31.9±4.1Highest 10% below TX 26.5±8Lowest 26% below TX

Gallatin and Winfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.8%±6.5Lowest TX: 25% 39.1%±22Highest TX: 25%

Winfield and Gallatin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 9.1%±7.9Highest TX: 13.4% 6.9%±7.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

Gallatin and Winfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.3%Lowest TX: 33.8% 13.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±5.5Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.9%±5.5Highest TX: 6.2%

Winfield and Gallatin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $79,432±$38kHighest about the TX average $76,250±$23kLowest about the TX average

Gallatin and Winfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,100±$56kHighest 41% below TX $115,200±$16kLowest 59% below TX

Gallatin and Winfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $888±$696Highest 37% below TX $825±$537Lowest 41% below TX

Gallatin and Winfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,177Lowest 72% below TX $1,210Highest 71% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.3%±78.6Lowest TX: 51.7% 75%±91.2Highest TX: 51.7%

Winfield and Gallatin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8.6%Lowest TX: 13.8% 33.6%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.6%Lowest TX: 62.6% 75.2%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 19 yrs older than TX 1990Highest 2 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 17% below TX 31 minHighest 16% above TX

Work from home 14.7%±19.8Highest TX: 14.4% 5.7%±8.2Lowest TX: 14.4%

Gallatin and Winfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.03Lowest 1.29Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Jacksonville (20%)Mount Pleasant (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WinfieldFew work in Gallatin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.7Lowest 55.9Highest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Gallatin vs Winfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Gallatin

What daily life feels like in each

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